Wire-fence tie.



R. LAKE. WIRE FENCE TIE.

' APPLICATION TILED MAY 7, 1906.

695.6%; M6 {ML PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

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UNITED P ENT OFFICE.

HARRY H. (JANADAY, OF

MONTPELIER, OHIO.

WIRE-FENCE TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed May 7, 1906. Serial No. 315.488.

To all whom it DMLZ/ ncern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD LAKE, of J ackson, county of Jackson, andState of Michi an, I have invented certain new and useful mprovements inWire-Fence Ties andI do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which 1 Will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, ref- 1 .erence being had to the accompanying drawlugs, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

This invention has reference to a tie for wire fencing;.and, it has forits object to provide a simple tie capable of being readily l formed bymeans of suitable dies for firmly securing the intersecting wires of afence. l

A further object consists in providing a tie at the intersection of therunning and sta wires of a fence with the ends of the section of wireforming the tie effectively bracing the stay-wires on opposite sides ofthe runningthe tendency of the stay-wires to skew while the fence isbeing stretched.

A further object is to provide atie of com- I pact form free fromprotruding ends liabie to injure stock and which shall require acomparatively short section of wire to form it.

With these objects in view the invention is constructed, and it embodiesthe novel ar- In the accompanying drawings, illustrative of theinvention, Figure l is a front view of the tie in position upon thecrossed running and stay wires :of a fence. Fig. 2 is a rear view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a top plan View is a bottom plan view of Fig. 2. I

Referring to the drawings, l indicates the running-wire, and 2 thestay-wire, of a fence, the same bein indented or crimped, as is eirpoint of intersection. In forming the tie the section of wire of whichit is constructed is looped around the runningwire at one side of thestay-wire, as at 3, the arms 4 and 5 being passed over the stay-wire,

l wires as at 6 and 7, and forming a continuous loopside of thestay-wire, the end 8 of the arm 4 being made to overlie the arm 5 inabutting contact with the stay-wire on one side of the running-wire andthe end 9 of the arm 5 being disposed to overlie the arm 4 in abuttingcontact with the stay-wire on the opposite side of the running-wire. Itwill be observed that the tie-wire describes a continuous loop aroundthe crossed wires at their point of intersection, and the stay-wire isfirmly braced by contact with the ends 8 and 9 of the tiewire, thestay-wire being braced to such an extent that it will bend at the pointa rather than swing upon the running-wire at their in tersection whensubjected to strain, as shown in dotted outline, Fig. 2. I

It is apparent that the employment of this tie will brace the entirefence structure and that the tendency of the stay-wires to become askewof the running-wires is to a great extent eliminated.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a wire fence, the combination with intersecting running and staywires, of a tiewire forming a continuous loop around said at their pointof intersection and having ends in abutting contact with the stay- Wire,substantially as described.

' 2. In a wire fence, the combination with intersecting running and staywires, of a tiewire forming a continuous loop around said wires at theirpoint of intersection and having ends in abutting contact with thestaywire on opposite sides of the running-wire,

substantially as described.

3. In a wire fence, the combination with intersecting running and staywires, of a'tiewire forming a continuous loop around said wires at theirpoint of intersection and havin ends in abutting contact with one sideonly of the stay-wire, substantially as described.

4. Ina wire fence, the combination with intersecting running and staywires, of a tie-- wire looped around the running-Wire on one side of thestay-wire and having arms passed 5 in abutting con stantially as de Intestimony tact with the stay-Wire, subibed.

that I clainl the foregoing as 1 my own I aflix my signature in presenceof two wrt'zlesses.

RICHARD LAKE.

Witnesses FRED S. WOLCOTT WM. M. HORSMAN.

